What is cerebral arteriovascular malformation?

Normally, there is a fine network of capillaries running between the arteries and the veins throughout your brain. Cerebral arteriovascular malformations, also known as arteriovascular malformations (AVM), are disorders of blood vessels in the brain that are present at birth.

How do members experience cerebral arteriovascular malformation?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cerebral arteriovascular malformation*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cerebral arteriovascular malformation*

Who has cerebral arteriovascular malformation on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 20
40s 32
50s 22
60s 28
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 34
Female 86

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What is cerebral arteriovascular malformation?

Normally, there is a fine network of capillaries running between the arteries and the veins throughout your brain. Cerebral arteriovascular malformations, also known as arteriovascular malformations (AVM), are disorders of blood vessels in the brain that are present at birth.



Common symptoms reported by people with cerebral arteriovascular malformation

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for cerebral arteriovascular malformation

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Compare treatments taken by people with cerebral arteriovascular malformation

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Who has cerebral arteriovascular malformation on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 60 say cerebral arteriovascular malformation is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 20
40s 32
50s 22
60s 28
70+ 13
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 10
20-29 years 15
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 5
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 34
Female 86

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 52
Not Diagnosed 1

These charts show data from cerebral arteriovascular malformation patients who have completed their condition history
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